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branchless, a.|ˈbrɑːnʃlɪs, -æ-|
[f. branch n. + -less.]
Without, or destitute of, branches.
1611Cotgr., Tronçonner..to make headlesse, branchlesse. 1834Aird Nebuchadn. i. ii. 53 Beneath her branchless palm must Judah sit.
b. fig. and transf.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. iv. 24 Better I were not yours Then your so branchlesse. 1879S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. iii. 39 About midway of this branchless course it enters Egypt. |